Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-05-30

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 30
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,347 head
1,867 vs last sale 1,480 3,347 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
398 head
198 vs last sale 200 398 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1050 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Calves too lightly tested for a market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality mostly average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.75/cwt on 1,587 head.
Average price
$122.75
1,587 head · 809 lb average
Value per head Derived
$993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$215
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.08
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592131.8378017thin
Medium and Large 1812122.659951,570
One grade step is worth $9.18/cwt here — about −$215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,587 hd
122.75
KS average2 barns · 1,960 hd
122.67
+0.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,75380.611,41325
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51870.491,07021
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23062.01762157
CowsLean 85-90%High99850.7950714

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1534139.50/cwt139.50–139.507458
HeifersMedium and Large 1951113.10/cwt113.10–113.101,07630
HeifersMedium and Large 11,007112.60/cwt112.60–112.601,13431
HeifersMedium and Large 1623139.80/cwt136.00–141.0087147
HeifersMedium and Large 1671132.28/cwt128.50–146.50888107
HeifersMedium and Large 1788123.62/cwt121.00–126.00974150
HeifersMedium and Large 1941113.42/cwt110.00–115.251,067208
HeifersMedium and Large 1870118.39/cwt113.25–123.101,030223
HeifersMedium and Large 1733127.25/cwt125.25–132.50933315
HeifersMedium and Large 1821122.44/cwt118.00–125.751,005451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2592131.83/cwt131.00–133.0078017
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy935115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,08012
SteersMedium and Large 1588157.00/cwt157.00–157.009238
SteersMedium and Large 1640146.00/cwt146.00–146.009349
SteersMedium and Large 11,062116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,23221
SteersMedium and Large 1664153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,01631
SteersMedium and Large 1740137.42/cwt134.00–145.001,01778
SteersMedium and Large 1835140.94/cwt136.25–142.001,17783
SteersMedium and Large 11,022117.56/cwt117.25–118.001,201200
SteersMedium and Large 1780138.35/cwt132.25–146.001,079214
SteersMedium and Large 1970118.74/cwt116.00–123.001,152219
SteersMedium and Large 1868132.11/cwt123.75–137.501,147330
SteersMedium and Large 1925127.86/cwt123.75–131.851,183375
Bulls1,41369.98/cwt66.00–73.509893
Bulls1,99285.07/cwt81.50–87.001,6955
Bulls1,74381.18/cwt75.50–85.001,41517
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13355.05/cwt49.50–57.2562419
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28865.89/cwt61.75–69.0084962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20660.59/cwt56.00–63.5073176
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51870.49/cwt67.00–73.251,07021
CowsLean 85-90%1,02857.25/cwt57.25–57.255896
CowsLean 85-90%97545.94/cwt44.00–48.504488

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.